- A Network of Care is a cultural project implemented by Eastwards Cultural Association Prospectus next to Marie Curie Hospital from Bucharest and Give Life.
- The project aims to improve the quality of life of patients in the Marie Curie Hospital in Bucharest and to contribute to their healing and recovery process.
- During the period September – November 2024an artist selected by open call will create a participatory project within the Marie Curie Hospital, which will directly involve the children, their parents and the medical staff.
- The project is co-financed by AFCN and implemented by the Eastwards Prospectus Cultural Association in partnership with the Marie Curie Hospital in Bucharest and Dăruiește Viață, which built and donated to the Marie Curie Hospital the first Children’s Hospital made exclusively from donations and sponsorships (the #NoiFacemUnSpital initiative).
Photo credit: Catalin Georgescu
The Eastwards Prospectus Cultural Association, in partnership with the Marie Curie Hospital in Bucharest and Dăruiește Viață, announces the name of the artist selected to participate in the A Network of Care residency program between September and November. The artist’s name is: Diana Drăghici.
The artist was selected by a jury from Romania, following an open call held between August 6 and 27, 2024. More than 30 eligible applications were registered.
During the three-month residency, the selected artist will develop a participatory project that will actively involve patients, their families and medical staff. A Network of Care offers an honorarium of 10,000 lei gross to the artist to develop and implement the participatory project.
“We are delighted with the high number of applications to participate in the A Network of Care residency program. We were aware, since the launch of the project, that the invitation addressed to Romanian artists, through the open call, was not an easy one to approach. Creating art projects dedicated to hospitalized children involves a deep level of emotional commitment. We congratulate the selected artist and wish her success! We will be with him to implement the participatory project proposal outlined in his application.”, Andrei BreahnaPresident of the Eastwards Prospectus Cultural Association.
In addition to the residency program, A Network of Care also implements the following other activities in the Marie Curie Hospital in Bucharest:
- Projections of films and video art
- Creation of a coloring book in collaboration with ten artists from Romania
- Cultural workshops
A Network of Care is a cultural project co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The project does not necessarily represent the position of the National Cultural Fund Administration. AFCN is not responsible for the content of the project or how the results of the project may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the beneficiary of the financing.
Established for over seven years, Eastwards Prospectus Cultural Association (ACEP)promotes, through cultural or educational projects, contemporary art at national and international level. Through the ACCELERATOR series of programs, ACEP supports emerging artists in the path and development of their careers by offering them learning opportunities inspired by local and foreign approaches and practices. Also, ACEP has proposed to intensify the training and development projects of audiences through actions organized in Bucharest and in the country, online and offline, in which the public understands, finds itself and connects with contemporary art.
ACEP attracted funding for artwork production; organized more than 30 offline and online exhibitions; coordinated an urban intervention by the artist Tania Mouraud, carried out simultaneously in 9 cities; supported the participation of artists in international art fairs and developed projects for children and company employees interested in contemporary art. Thus, through the programs implemented by ACEP, art contributes to individual and collective development – doing what it has always done – it catalyzed the evolution of society.
Marie S. Curie Children’s Emergency Clinical Hospital from Bucharest is one of the largest children’s hospitals in the country, annually treating more than 20,000 patients between the ages of 0 and 18. Although it is located in the capital of Romania, the Marie Curie Hospital has national addressability, with over 50% of patients coming here from the whole country.
For more than 10 years, Give Life build and rebuild wards, hospitals. Dăruiește Viață offered support to cancer patients in relation to the Authorities, modernized several oncology departments in the country (Brașov, Timișoara, Cluj, Bucharest) and started the largest social involvement project in recent years: the construction of the Children’s Hospital in Bucharest. Starting from 2024, Dăruiește Viață completed and donated to the Marie Curie Hospital the new building, built exclusively from donations and sponsorships, with the support of over 350,000 individuals and over 8,000 companies. The new building has approx. 12,000 square meters, 9 levels and over 140 beds and serves part of the departments of the Marie Curie Hospital: oncology, surgery, neurosurgery, intensive care and an operating theater with 5 operating rooms. Radiotherapy and hemato-oncology departments are also to be operationalized.
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